(Kings Point, NY)-
Warrior Sailing Project at the US Merchant Marine Academy
Sailing Foundation provided an update from Sailing Director- Ben Poucher
(Ben@warriorsailing.org/ 269-598-7119):“We have graduated another 56 participants from our basic level camps and held our first Advanced Camp this month in Charleston onboard J/22's. WSP partnered with the College of Charleston Sailing program to host our camps and even do some additional staff training for adaptive sailing in the future. The J/22 is the perfect boat for our needs at the advanced training level. We have built some custom drop in equipment for the J/22 in another partnership with a company in Charleston- High & Dry Boatworks (see photo below).
The
Warrior Sailing Team is comprised of graduates from the training camps
that are ambitious to race at a competitive level. The WS Team will be
competing in able-bodied and disabled-body events through the
spring/summer 2016. The first in a series of inshore training regattas
for 2016 is Charleston Race Week. The team’s season will continue with
monthly regatta or training events and will culminate this August in
Kingston, Ontario for J/22 WORLDS!Please help us support our Warrior Sailing Project team; here is a link to our funding campaign to support them- https://us.sponsorise.me/en/project-warriorsailing For more USMMA Warrior Sailing Project foundation information.
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